Petrology, geochemistry and magnetic properties of Sadara sill: Evidence of rift related magmatism from Kutch basin, northwest India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 907-921

  Ray, Arijit ^a   Patil, S K ^b   Paul, D K ^a   Biswas, S K ^c   Das, Brindaban ^a   Pant, N C ^d  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b IIG   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Deccan volcanism; Geochemistry; Kutch (India); Palaeomagnetism; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

DECCAN TRAPS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MESOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROLOGY; SILL; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748071480     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. 39Ar geochronology and geochemistry. Geophysical Research Letter 28 14 (2001) 2715-2718
2. Basu A.K., Renne P.R., Dasgupta D.K., Teichmann F., and Poreda R.J. Early and late alkali igneous pulses and a high-3 He plume origin of the Deccan Basalt. Science 261 (1993) 902-905
3. Biswas S.K. Mesozoic Rock-stratigraphy of Kutch, Gujarat. Geological Mining and Metallurgical Society of India 49 3 & 4 (1977) 1-52
4. Biswas, S.K., 1980. Structure of Kutch-Kathiawar region, Western India. Proceedings of the Third Indian Geological Congress Pune, pp. 255-272.
5. Biswas S.K. Geology of Kutch (1993), Dehradun, KDM Institute of Petroleum Exploration (ONGC)
6. Biswas, S.K., 2002. Structure and Tectonics of the Kutch Basin, with Special Reference to Earthquakes, Eighth. IGC Foundation Lecture, Indian Geological Congress, Roorkee.
7. Chatterjee N., and Bhattacharji S. Origin of felsic and basaltic dykes and flows in the Rajula-Palitana-Sihor area of the Deccan Traps, India: a geochemical and geochronological study. International Geological Review 43 (2001) 1094-1116
8. Cisowski S. Interacting vs. non-interacting single domain behavior in natural and synthetic samples. Physics of Earth Planet Interior 26 (1981) 56-62
9. 39Ar dating and paleomagnetism of the K-T section in Anjar area of the Deccan Large igneous Province. Earth and Planetary Science Letter 182 (2000) 137-156
10. De, A., 1964. Iron-titanium oxides and silicate minerals of the alkali olivine basalts, tholeiites and acidic rocks of the Deccan Trap series and their significance. Internatinal Geological Congress Report, 22nd session, pt III, pp. 126-138.
11. Duncan R.A., and Richards M.A. Hotspots, mantle plumes, flood basalt and true polar wonder. Review Geophysics 29 (1991) 31-50
12. Evensen N.M., Hamilton P.J., and O'Nions R.K. Rare earth abundances in chondritic meteorites. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 42 (1978) 1199-1212
13. Fisher R.A. Dispersion on a sphere. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 217 (1953) 295-305
14. Garcia M.O. Petrography and olivine and glass chemistry of lavas from Hawaii scientific Drilling Project. Journal of Geophysical Research 101 (1996) 11701-11713
15. Karmalkar N.R., and Sarma P.K. Characterization and origin of silicic and alkali rich glasses in the upper mantle derived spinel peridotite xenoliths from alkali basalts, Deccan traps, Kutch, northwest India. Current Science 85 3 (2003) 386-392
16. Karmalkar N.R., Griffin W.L., and O'Reilly S.Y. Ultramafic xenoliths from Kutch northwest India: plume related mantle source?. International Geological Review 42 (2000) 416-444
17. Klootwijk C.T. A review of Indian Phanerozoic palaeomagnetism: implications for the India Asia collision. Tectonophysics 105 (1984) 331-353
18. Krishnamurthy P., Pande K., Gopalan K., and Macdougall J.D. Upper mantle xenoliths in alkali basalts related to Deccan Trap Volcanism. Geological Society of India Special Publication 10 (1989) 53-68
19. Krishnamurthy P., Pande K., Gopalan K., and Macdougall J.D. Mineralogical and chemical studies on alkaline basaltic rocks of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Memoir Geological Society of India 43 (1999) 757-783
20. Krishnamurthy P., Gopalan K., and Macdougall J.D. Olivine composition in picrite basalt and the Deccan Volcanic Cycle. Journal of Petrology 41 (2000) 1057-1069
21. Le Bas M.J. IUGS reclassification of the high Mg and picritic volcanic rocks. Journal of Petrology 41 10 (2000) 1467-1470
22. Lowrie W., and Fuller M. On the alternating field demagnetization characteristics of multi-domain thermoremanent magnetization in magnetite. Journal of Geophysical Research 76 (1971) 6339-6349
23. Mahoney J.J. Deccan traps. In: Macdougall J.D. (Ed). Continental Flood Basalts (1988), Kluwer, Dordrecht
24. Mandal P., Rastogi B.K., Satyanaraya H.V.S., Kousalya M., Vijayraghavan R., Satyamurty C., Raju I.P., Sarma A.N.S., and Kumar N. Characterization of the fault system for Bhuj earthquake of Mw 7.7. Tectonophysics 378 (2001) 105-121
25. Mital G.S., Verma R.K., and Pullaiah G. Palaeomagnetic study of Satyavedu Sandstones of Cretaceous age from Andhra Pradesh. Pure and Applied Geophysics 81 (1970) 177-191
26. Mysen B.O., and Kushiro I. Compositional variation of coexisting phases with degree of melting of peridotite in the upper mantle. American Mineralogist 62 (1977) 843-856
27. Pande K. Age and duration of Deccan Traps, India: a review of radiometric and paleomagnetic constraint. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science. (Earth and Planetary Science) 111 2 (2002) 115-123
28. 39Ar Ages of alkali basalts from Kutch, Deccan Volcanic Province, India. Geological Society of India Memoir 10 (1988) 145-150
29. Poornachandra Rao G.V.S., and Mallikharjuna Rao J. Palaeomagnetism of Rajmahal Traps of India: a magnetic reversal in the Cretaceous normal superchron Rajmahal Traps of India. Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity 48 7 (1996) 993-1000
30. Prihoda K., Krs M., Pesina B., and Blaha J. MAVACS-a new system creating a non magnetic environment for palaeomagnetic studies. Cuadernos Geology Iberica 12 (1989) 223-250
31. Radhakrishna T., Dallmeyer R.D., and Mathew J. Palaeomagnetism and Ar/Ar vs Ar/Ar isotope correlation ages of dyke swarms in Central Kerala, India: tectonic implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letter 121 (1994) 227-244
32. Raval U. Earthquakes over Kutch: a region of 'trident' space-time geodynamics. Current Science 81 7 (2001) 809-815
33. Revillon S., Arndt N.T., Hallot E., Kerr A.C., and Tarney J. Petrogenesis of picrites from the Caribbean Plateau and the North Atlantic Magmatic Province. Lithos 49 (1999) 1-21
34. Roeder P.L., and Emslie R.F. Olivine-liquid equilibrium. Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology 29 (1970) 275-289
35. Sun S.S., and McDonough W.F. Chemical and isotope systematics of oceanic basalt: implication for mantle composition and processes. In: Saunders A.D., and Norry M.J. (Eds). Magmatism in the Ocean Basins. Geological Society of London, Special Publication 42 (1989), Blackwell, Oxford 313-345
36. Thompson R.N., Morrison M.A., Dickin A.P., and Hendry G.L. Continental flood basalt....arachnids rule OK?. In: Hawkesworth C.J., and Norry M.J. (Eds). Continental Basalt and Mantle Xenoliths (1983), Shiva, Nantwich 158-185
37. Torsvik T.H., Tucker R.D., Ashwal L.D., Carter L.M., Jamtveit B., Vidyadharan K.T., and Venaktaramana P. Late Cretaceous India-Madagascar fit and timing of break-up related magmatism. Terra Nova 12 5 (2001) 220-225
38. Vandamme D., Courtillot V., Besse J., and Montigny R. Palaeomagnetism and age determinations of the Deccan Traps (India): results of a Nagpur-Bombay traverse and review of earlier work. Review Geophysics 29 (1991) 159-190
39. Wilson M. Igneous Petrogenesis: A Global Tectonic Approach (1989), Unwin Hyman, London